Rooting for CFACT Aggies & Sooners (Literally)
When CFACT students aren’t countering climate change propaganda or promoting reliable energy on campus, they’re practicing good old-fashioned environmental stewardship.
CFACT drills drinking well for Mahada housing settlement in India
Through its Stewardship in Action program, CFACT funded a new drinking well.
CFACT’s stewardship program fosters truly “sustainable” livelihoods in Africa
CFACT-sponsored African micro-entrepreneurs are already succeeding.
Tree-mendous Environmental Stewardship at UF
While many students spent finals week buried in textbooks, CFACT Collegian Lena Zizza and a group of University of Florida students headed outdoors to leave something lasting behind: a native tree planted near Lake Alice. On April 23, Lena hosted a tree planting ceremony at the University of Florida, bringing together seven students from various campus organizations to plant a Green Ash tree, a species native to Florida. The event was part of CFACT’s Conserve & Preserve campaign, which encourages students to practice real environmental stewardship by maintaining healthy ecosystems, preserving wild spaces, and supporting native plant and wildlife populations. The [...]
Update: CFACT partnership expands lion conservation efforts in Tanzania
Vaughn and her team are expanding the use of solar-powered flashing lights installed around livestock enclosures.
CFACT drills up potable water for impoverished India village
Manjargaon village in Badnapur Taluka will no longer have to walk long distances to carry their water. .
CFACT “Stewardship in Action” loans launch Ugandan farmers into action
"I sincerely thank CFACT for supporting this proposal in a professional way. With your partnership, I am confident that this initiative will continue to grow and serve as a model for sustainable development in our region."
CFACT “Stewardship in Action” program delivers fresh water to India’s poor
CFACT once again brought fresh water to an impoverished village in India.
CFACT projects in Uganda report in
For decades, CFACT has worked with people in developing nations to help them advance through individual responsibility and entrepreneurship. In Uganda, our micro-financing projects have built thriving enterprises.
CFACT Works to Protect People, Livestock, and Wildlife in Africa
CFACT is back in Africa continuing its longtime project to protect lions while simultaneously making the lives of African ranchers better. CFACT provided critical resources to 20 bomas (traditional cattle enclosures) in the village of Sinya, Tanzania. African Hut and Bomas in Tanzania CFACT has had a long-term project that installs lights on the perimeter of cattle grazing land. These lights flash in such a way that they keep the lions away from the cows, which are a major investment for the locals. Historically, when their livestock have come under attack, the owners will retaliate against every lion pride in the [...]
Driessen Fellow Organizes Litter Cleanup at Historic Cemetery
CFACT students were recently back out improving the planet with another litter cleanup. Driessen Fellow HaiAn Hoang from the University of Houston Downtown organized a group of youth to clean up trash at the Dawson-Lunnon cemetery in Bayou City. Students cleaning up a large drainage ditch by the cemetery Half a dozen students took part in the project, which resulted in the removal of a dozen bags of garbage. This graveyard is a state historical site. It’s a black cemetery dating to the mid-nineteenth century when a freedman bought seven and a half acres, which would eventually become the Dawson-Lunnon cemetery [...]
Uganda pig farmer grateful for CFACT’s empowerment efforts
CFACT made a micro loan and got this business rolling.
CFACT partnership effort to save Africa’s lions update
BY PATRICIA VAUGHN: In an effort to save lions in Sub-Saharan Africa, CFACT has partnered with conservationist Patricia Vaughn who has worked extensively in this field.
Driessen Fellow Organizes Tree Planting
The world is a little bit greener today thanks to the work of CFACT Driessen Fellow Victoria Sellhausen and her student group from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Recently the group organized a tree planting in Downer Woods near the school. Together they spent the afternoon picking out the “perfect” oak tree and identifying a location to display the magnificent hardwood. Being carful to follow department of agriculture guidelines on how to transplant trees from a container into the ground, the students are confident they will be able to come back to this site for many years to come to see its [...]
VIDEO: CFACT helps organize Cape May protest to save the whales
The Biden Administration's rush to industrialize our unspoiled coast threatens marine mammals. Watch CFACT's Craig Rucker and the protest to save the whales at beautiful Cape May.